Murcia school year dates for 2017-18

The first pupils return to class in Beniel and Murcia on 5th September

As children throughout the Region of Murcia near the end of the 2016-17 school year in sweltering classroom temperatures the regional government has published the official calendar for next year, following a process in which the schools themselves and the 45 Town Halls of Murcia have all taken part and had their say.

The result is that pupils in infant and primary will be going back to class between 5th and 11th September, no doubt hoping that the thermometers will be reflecting considerably less heat than has been the case over the last ten days or so, when teachers and parents have been vociferous in their complaints about the lack of air conditioning in many schools. The first to start the autumn term will be primary schools in Beniel and Murcia on 5th September, followed the next day by their counterparts in Albudeite, Blanca, Jumilla, Librilla, Los Alcázares, Ojós and Ricote.

On 7th September it will be the turn of Abanilla, Abarán, Águilas, Alcantarilla, Aledo, Alguazas, Alhama de Murcia, Archena, Campos del Río, Caravaca de la Cruz, Ceutí, Cieza, Fortuna, Fuente Álamo, Las Torres de Cotillas, Lorquí, Molina de Segura, Moratalla, Mula, San Javier, Ulea and Villanueva del Río Segura, while the curious decision to start the school year on a Friday (8th September) has been made in Bullas, Cartagena, Cehegín, La Unión, Mazarrón, Santomera, Totana and Yecla. Finally, the following Monday sees the start of classes in Calasparra, Lorca, Pliego, Puerto Lumbreras, San Pedro del Pinatar, Torre Pacheco.

Secondary schools start roughly a week later, with the first day back falling on 12th September in Molina de Segura, on the 13th in Alhama de Murcia, Archena, Fortuna and Murcia, on the 14th in Abarán, Águilas, Alcantarilla, Alguazas, Beniel, Blanca, Bullas, Caravaca de La Cruz, Ceutí, Fuente Álamo, Jumilla, Librilla, Los Alcázares, Mazarrón, Moratalla, Mula, Pliego, Las Torres de Cotillas, San Javier, Santomera and Torre Pacheco, on the 15th in Abanilla, Calasparra, Cartagena, Cehegín, Cieza, Lorquí, Puerto Lumbreras, San Pedro del Pinatar and on the 18th in La Unión, Lorca and Totana. The latest end to the summer for secondary school students is for those in Yecla on 19th September.

Looking even further ahead, the 2017-18 school year in Murcia ends between 19th and 25th June in secondary education and from 22nd to 27th June in infant and primary education.